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does romney's foreign policy speech matter? does foreign policy matter? >> i think it does matter right now, because there's so much volatility around the world that it has called into question some of the policies that barack obama has put into place. to the extent that he can highlight that, i think mitt romney wants to do that. he wants to call into question the president's judgment on an area where he had a good lead, where the president has passed that commander in chief test in 2008 getting elected to the presidency. that's what he's trying to do. i think it's mostly about the economy. >> i'm going to agree with jonathan here. this is an election certainly about the economy. when they go into the voting booths on voting day, it's about the economy. i think romney has the opportunity here and needs to take it. to link obama's economic policies with his foreign policies, i don't think he should go after romney on the philosophical differences between his foreign policy and obama's. frankly, it's hard to figure out what obama's foreign policy philosoph
does romney's foreign policy speech matter? does foreign policy matter? >> i think it does matter right now, because there's so much volatility around the world that it has called into question some of the policies that barack obama has put into place. to the extent that he can highlight that, i think mitt romney wants to do that. he wants to call into question the president's judgment on an area where he had a good lead, where the president has passed that commander in chief test in 2008...
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i think what we just saw was part one of mitt romney's concession speech of defeat of this campaign. >> i was trying to think of an analogy of a previous example in american context that had some kind of incident like this that rose to the american campaign. >> it goes to nixon i'm not a crook. >> the closest thing i could think of was britain two years ago where he had that hot mike incident, where he's an underdog and he gets caught calling a woman a bigoted woman. and that was just couple of weeks before the election. that's the closest analogy i can think of. >> thank you very much for joining me on what turns out to be a historic night in the campaign. thank you. >>> coming up, mitt romney spoke to the hispanic chamber of commerce and asked them for their vote. he did not repeat the joke that he made at a private fundraiser about latino voters. >>> the exclusive interview of the "news week" story that seeks to explain why the protests have erupted around our embassies. th. there's a pop. wahlalalalallala! pepper, but not pepper, i'm getting like, pep-pepper. it's kind of like dr
i think what we just saw was part one of mitt romney's concession speech of defeat of this campaign. >> i was trying to think of an analogy of a previous example in american context that had some kind of incident like this that rose to the american campaign. >> it goes to nixon i'm not a crook. >> the closest thing i could think of was britain two years ago where he had that hot mike incident, where he's an underdog and he gets caught calling a woman a bigoted woman. and that...
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idea. >> the "wall street journal" editorial board summed up how short on detail romney's speech actually was, writing quote, energy got one sentence, education scored big with two, neil armstrong received almost as much speech time as what mr. romney would do specifically to spur faster growth and raise middle class incomes. so overall, how did it play? did romney pick up the vaunted big mo heading into the locker room? according to a new gallup poll out today, 40% of voters are more likely to support romney following the convention while 38% say they are less likely. that 2% net bump is the lowest since gallup began asking the question in 1984. back in 2008, john mccain received a 5% net bump while obama scored a 14% increase. so much for the real and visible bump rnc chairman reince priebus predicted. what did get a real and visible bump during the convention? president obama's twitter feed. this was the most retweeted message during the entire republican convention. it was from barack obama's account and it read "this seat's taken." it was retweeted over 52,000 times. the significance
idea. >> the "wall street journal" editorial board summed up how short on detail romney's speech actually was, writing quote, energy got one sentence, education scored big with two, neil armstrong received almost as much speech time as what mr. romney would do specifically to spur faster growth and raise middle class incomes. so overall, how did it play? did romney pick up the vaunted big mo heading into the locker room? according to a new gallup poll out today, 40% of voters...
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jonathan, we heard governor romney's speech and saw excerpts before the speech. the hope line is replayed so much. what is the major failure of the obama administration that republicans and romney are referring to? >> well, i think he's talking about what just happened in this fiasco in libya. governor romney had a good week talking about the economy. they want to definele what will be talked about this week on the if foreign policy front. they'll have a hearing about what went on the in libya on the security side leading up to the attack there. that's what he wants to set the stage for. if they talk about foreign policy this week, he wants it to define the terms on which we have that debate. >> because words matter, you started off with with saying i think that's what governor romney was talking about. an ongoing investigation into what happened in libya. obviously, aa he great concern. but you could not answer that question with certainty of what epic failure governor romney and republicans believe has happened over the past four years under this president's le
jonathan, we heard governor romney's speech and saw excerpts before the speech. the hope line is replayed so much. what is the major failure of the obama administration that republicans and romney are referring to? >> well, i think he's talking about what just happened in this fiasco in libya. governor romney had a good week talking about the economy. they want to definele what will be talked about this week on the if foreign policy front. they'll have a hearing about what went on the in...
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and if you compare mitt romney's speech yesterday to barack obama's speech today, it's like comparing mayonnaise to salsa. now, mayonnaise is fine. it has some binding properties to it, but barack obama spoke to this crowd as if he understood them and more importantly, shared their values. he talked about comprehensive immigration reform, those across the rio grande, as being part of the great american story. he talked about justice. he talked about those who came over as being part of the great american story. he talked about a lot of things that mitt romney couldn't do and i think he was very specific in saying that he did try to pass the dream act. and that it was republican obstructionism that prevented it, and also his door is open to comprehensive immigration reform that he has voted for in the past and it's republicans who can't see their way through the threshold anymore. >> the difference in reaction to the latino crowd today and yesterday was obvious. first let's take a look at president obama's wrap-up today. >> america was built by people who said something different. who
and if you compare mitt romney's speech yesterday to barack obama's speech today, it's like comparing mayonnaise to salsa. now, mayonnaise is fine. it has some binding properties to it, but barack obama spoke to this crowd as if he understood them and more importantly, shared their values. he talked about comprehensive immigration reform, those across the rio grande, as being part of the great american story. he talked about justice. he talked about those who came over as being part of the...
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. >> the obama campaign was quick in its response to romney's speech at vmi. madelieine albright slammed the republican candidate during a conference call with reporters saying romney's foreign policy is full of platitudes but short on specifics. staying with foreign policy, we're learning more about the security situation in libya leading up to the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate. chairman of the house oversight committee is expected to hold hearings tomorrow now after an e-mail from the u.s. embassy in libya to the state department shows that it had requested a special security team stay in libya for another four months. the senior state department official tells the associated press that request was granted but a commander on that security team report eed will testify th chris stevens who was killed during the attack wanted the security time to stay even longer. that request was turned down. the state department says the 16 member security team was based in tripoli and would not have made a difference at the time of the attack in benghazi. the president
. >> the obama campaign was quick in its response to romney's speech at vmi. madelieine albright slammed the republican candidate during a conference call with reporters saying romney's foreign policy is full of platitudes but short on specifics. staying with foreign policy, we're learning more about the security situation in libya leading up to the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate. chairman of the house oversight committee is expected to hold hearings tomorrow now after an e-mail from...
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president obama used much of his speech to talk about his economic vision versus mitt romney. of course that's part it have. those polls you show are largely in the west where president obama is generally doing better. i would point out, though, the population of latino voters were through the midwest where that population is smaller and mitt romney is doing better in some of those other states. so, yes, this is where this election is going to be litigated. >> when mitt romney spoke to the latino group yesterday, a lot of people expected him to give a ecific response to president obama's executive order i just referenced. here's houw he handled it. >> some people have asked will i let stand the president's executive order? i will put in place my own long-term solution that will replace and supersede the president's temporary measure. as president i won't settle for stopgap measures. >> not very specific. today the obama campaign put out a web video, complete with the sound of a ticking stop watch in the background pointing out how many days have passed without a response from
president obama used much of his speech to talk about his economic vision versus mitt romney. of course that's part it have. those polls you show are largely in the west where president obama is generally doing better. i would point out, though, the population of latino voters were through the midwest where that population is smaller and mitt romney is doing better in some of those other states. so, yes, this is where this election is going to be litigated. >> when mitt romney spoke to...
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this was the president at his victory speech in chicago last night. >> in the weeks ahead i also look forward to sitting down with governor romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward and in the coming weeks an months i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together. reducing our deficit, reforming our tax code, fixing our immigration system, freeing ourselves from foreign oil. we've got more work to do. >> at 3:30, a look at what the house republicans are thinking when speaker boehner speaks. we'll have that live. so, how exactly did we get here? the polls this weekend shows the president with a small but consistent lead and that's exactly how it turned out. in the raw vote, a two-point win. 50% to 48% in the popular vote. in the electoral college, the president won every single key battle ground state with the exception of north carolina, and yes, florida, we are still waiting for you. after $2 billion on states, only two changed colors. democrats did keep the senate and h
this was the president at his victory speech in chicago last night. >> in the weeks ahead i also look forward to sitting down with governor romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward and in the coming weeks an months i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together. reducing our deficit, reforming our tax code, fixing our immigration system, freeing ourselves from foreign oil....
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but that moment in time is a commentary on romney's speech. and i think the romney people, i know this, you have a convention, you want it about your kaentz's ideas, not about a bizarre performance. >> let's talk about the president's own record, because there is a lot of deflection that goes on by democrats, and even you this morning talking more about mitt romney, his speech, or what he didn't say, than the president's own record. the president goes into charlotte having to deal with a lot of disappointment in the country about what he has not achieved in the course of his first term. this is how mitt romney described it on thursday. watch. >> hope and change had a powerful appeal. but tonight i'd ask a simple question. if you felt that excitement when you voted for barack obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's president obama? >> and here is some of the polling, as i know you've seen, mayor emanuel, which is this, the question of are you better off or worse off? 69%, nearly 7 in 10, saying things are either the same or worse than
but that moment in time is a commentary on romney's speech. and i think the romney people, i know this, you have a convention, you want it about your kaentz's ideas, not about a bizarre performance. >> let's talk about the president's own record, because there is a lot of deflection that goes on by democrats, and even you this morning talking more about mitt romney, his speech, or what he didn't say, than the president's own record. the president goes into charlotte having to deal with a...
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let's take a look at romney's speech before the vfw members today. let's listen. >> i am an unapologetic believer in the greatness of america. i am not ashamed of american power. i'm guided
let's take a look at romney's speech before the vfw members today. let's listen. >> i am an unapologetic believer in the greatness of america. i am not ashamed of american power. i'm guided
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it was certainly much more well-received than mitt romney's speech. you had michelle obama do the same sort of talking about the democrats, talking about obama as someone who had a childhood that i think a lot of people could relate to. her own childhood as well growing up on the south side of chicago. so i think people looked at that convention and saw themselves in a way they didn't look at the rnc, and there weren't a lot of handles into that convention in the way i think the dnc was able to put on a real tab leau of different stories. it resonated with people. >> i think bnt is able to defend the terrible situation obama had when he walked in the door. it didn't seem like whining when he said it. president obama uses bnt in a new campaign add. let's look at this and see how this is going to register. >> he keeps saying it. >> this prz cannot tell you he's better off today than when he took office. >> here is where we were in 2008. >> worst financial collapse since the great depression. >> american workers were laid off in numbers not seen in three
it was certainly much more well-received than mitt romney's speech. you had michelle obama do the same sort of talking about the democrats, talking about obama as someone who had a childhood that i think a lot of people could relate to. her own childhood as well growing up on the south side of chicago. so i think people looked at that convention and saw themselves in a way they didn't look at the rnc, and there weren't a lot of handles into that convention in the way i think the dnc was able to...
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speaking of, more reaction about the romney speech. but, of course, there's that clint eastwood moment. how would you describe it? >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. can't do that to himself. you're absolutely crazy. >> talk about a social media explosion. you can't go on facebook, twitter, anywhere without someone talking about that moment, the invisible obama twitter handle has popped up. thousands of people on it. plus, why a ronald reagan hologram was nixed from the rnc. it's one of those things we thought you should ono. join our conversation on twitter. that's my twitter page. no eastwooding allowed. di conve ] we a? ng d gr mom's smartphone... dad's tablet... or lauren's smartphone... at&t has a plan built to help make families' lives easier. introducing at&t mobile share. one plan lets you share data on up to 10 devices with unlimited talk and text. add a tablet for only $10 per month. the more data you share, the more you save. at&t. the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. s
speaking of, more reaction about the romney speech. but, of course, there's that clint eastwood moment. how would you describe it? >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. can't do that to himself. you're absolutely crazy. >> talk about a social media explosion. you can't go on facebook, twitter, anywhere without someone talking about that moment, the invisible obama twitter handle has popped up. thousands of people on it. plus, why a ronald reagan...
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it's not pretty. >> have you been writing some of mitt romney's speeches? because i tell what you, that's beginning to sound like it. joy, i have to go on with mr. hubbard because he doesn't just stop on the slavery stuff. he really goes for it. another quote, the blacks who could endure those conditions would someday be rewarded with citizenship in the greatest nation upon the face of the earth. >> yeah. >> why doesn't mitt romney junk the dream act and go for slavery as a mechanism for citizenship since this is exactly what mr. hubbard is recommending? >> well, you know what? the really disturbing thing is i think if mitt romney thought that was a path to get him, as he puts it, the 51% he needs to become president, he might actually kind of go for it. >> you don't mean that seriously. >> no, i don't mean that seriously. the problem with this, of course, is you have a republican base that's so far to the right that they don't like to hear things like science. they are against things like that because they feel that they are conspiring against their moral
it's not pretty. >> have you been writing some of mitt romney's speeches? because i tell what you, that's beginning to sound like it. joy, i have to go on with mr. hubbard because he doesn't just stop on the slavery stuff. he really goes for it. another quote, the blacks who could endure those conditions would someday be rewarded with citizenship in the greatest nation upon the face of the earth. >> yeah. >> why doesn't mitt romney junk the dream act and go for slavery as a...
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mitt romney gives a big foreign policy speech in virginia today, but over the weekend in florida, he focused on taxes and president obama. >> they will ultimately have to raise taxes on middle income families by $4 million a year. >> reporter: since last week's debate, which romney is widely regarded as having won, both sides argued the other was dishonest. >> he was a little taken aback at the brazenness with which governor romney walked away from so many of the positions on which he's run. >> reporter: their truth war now on tv. >> not telling the truth about mitt romney's tax plan. >> this was dishonest. >> i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. >> the governor knows his $5 trillion tax cut isn't too popular, so a few weeks before the election, he's trying to pretend it doesn't exist. >> reporter: president obama at a star-studded fundraising concert in los angeles sunday heads to san francisco today with romney's poll numbers improving. >> they're looking very good. i feel very good. >> reporter: after the debate, romney is within two points of the president. and tomorrow, bo
mitt romney gives a big foreign policy speech in virginia today, but over the weekend in florida, he focused on taxes and president obama. >> they will ultimately have to raise taxes on middle income families by $4 million a year. >> reporter: since last week's debate, which romney is widely regarded as having won, both sides argued the other was dishonest. >> he was a little taken aback at the brazenness with which governor romney walked away from so many of the positions on...
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this as we are learning mitt romney may have misfired with his rnc speech. more on his record-low rating in the gallup poll out just today. >>> plus, an update to the story about the stolen secret service van that was carrying equipment for vice president joe biden's speech. who took the van? >>> led the company to more than $3 million in revenue in three years, but some bad decisions caused sales to plummet to a tenth of that. instead of giving up, mellody got her mba and took what she learned to build her company. you know what i love about this country? trick question. i love everything about this country! including prilosec otc. you know one pill each morning treats your frequent heartburn so you can enjoy all this great land of ours has to offer like demolition derbies. and drive thru weddings. so if you're one of those people who gets heartburn and then treats day after day, block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. [ male announcer ] one pill each mo
this as we are learning mitt romney may have misfired with his rnc speech. more on his record-low rating in the gallup poll out just today. >>> plus, an update to the story about the stolen secret service van that was carrying equipment for vice president joe biden's speech. who took the van? >>> led the company to more than $3 million in revenue in three years, but some bad decisions caused sales to plummet to a tenth of that. instead of giving up, mellody got her mba and...
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mitt romney used it at least once in the speech. the speech was an attempt to say, this is what barack obama has done. here is what i would do. it was tonal more than specific. it was more we need to be bigger, more aggressive whether it's iran or another syria. it was broadly philosophically we need a stronger, more muscular approach. >> on several points he's critical on iran because he would have opposed the initial attempt to open up towards iran and thinks the president didn't go far enough at all in supporting the green revolution of students in iran in june of 2009. the response from the obama team is that the iranian leaders, the reform leaders, student revolutionaries were saying, don't be too overt. it will have a backlash effect. that can be e debated. on sanctions they are criticizing the failure to go tougher though the president arguably did better than george bush in getting russia and china to permit tougher sanctions. they are focused on the sanctions the treasury department opposed. those on the central bank congre
mitt romney used it at least once in the speech. the speech was an attempt to say, this is what barack obama has done. here is what i would do. it was tonal more than specific. it was more we need to be bigger, more aggressive whether it's iran or another syria. it was broadly philosophically we need a stronger, more muscular approach. >> on several points he's critical on iran because he would have opposed the initial attempt to open up towards iran and thinks the president didn't go far...
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if the chair wasn't bad enough romney's speech itself would quickly become famous for what he did not say, afghanistan, not one mention of the war that has already cost 2,000 lives and nearly $450 billion. perhaps in an attempt to prove to the country that he had some awareness of issues, relating to national security and foreign policy, two weeks later mitt romney waded into a diplomatic crisis with a misleading and uninformed attack on the president at exactly wrotsening time, which brings us to the present day. the campaign desperate to get back on message a video has surfaced featuring romney speaking at a closed door fund-raiser last may in florida. the auto he vent see the questionly filmed and given to the magazine mother jones. after months of asserting the president has run on a campaign of, quote, division and anger and hate, here's how mitt romney responded when asked about convincing the american public that, quote, everybody has to take care of themselves. >> that 47% figure comes from the number of americans who do not pay federal income tax. for the record, those are mo
if the chair wasn't bad enough romney's speech itself would quickly become famous for what he did not say, afghanistan, not one mention of the war that has already cost 2,000 lives and nearly $450 billion. perhaps in an attempt to prove to the country that he had some awareness of issues, relating to national security and foreign policy, two weeks later mitt romney waded into a diplomatic crisis with a misleading and uninformed attack on the president at exactly wrotsening time, which brings us...
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up next, rating romney's speech. plus a sneak peek at charlotte with the democratic national committee's patrick gaspard. ♪ ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour 3. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] zyrtec®. love the air. join zyrtec® rewards. save up to $7 on zyrtec® products. join zyrtec® rewards. hey america, even though slisa rinna is wearing the new depend silhouette briefs for charity to prove how great the fit is even under a fantastic dress. the best protection now looks, fits and feels just like underwear. we invite you to get a free sample and try one on too. throughout our lives. one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for women's health concerns as we age. it has more of
up next, rating romney's speech. plus a sneak peek at charlotte with the democratic national committee's patrick gaspard. ♪ ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour 3. [ sneezes ] [...
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paul ryan's speech was one of the most ideological acceptance speeches in recent memory. and so it was really up to the voters to decide, and they did. >> i will submit there was not much clear about the agenda the president laid out, but we can have that discussion as we go forward. >> thank you. i'll tell you there was a clear agenda from glenn beck and rush limbaugh, and it wasn't felicitous toward a lot of americans. thank you, michael steele, as always. and david corn. >>> coming up, why general petraeus resigned. if he did, as it seems the honorable thing by resigning, what's all the continuing buzz about? we have to find out what's going on in the background. >>> also, more than $1 billion was spent on ads this political season, tv ads. we're going to talk about the one ad, the one ad, that did more to sink mitt romney than all the others and how it got done. this is fascinating. it's a fascinating ad because it really worked. >>> closing down the clown show. at least part of it. if the democrats had a list of republicans they wanted to beat, allen west's name woul
paul ryan's speech was one of the most ideological acceptance speeches in recent memory. and so it was really up to the voters to decide, and they did. >> i will submit there was not much clear about the agenda the president laid out, but we can have that discussion as we go forward. >> thank you. i'll tell you there was a clear agenda from glenn beck and rush limbaugh, and it wasn't felicitous toward a lot of americans. thank you, michael steele, as always. and david corn....
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romney's speech yesterday? >> reporter: well, according to jay carney, he didn't watch any of mitt romney's speech and apparently, hasn't watched a whole lot of the rnc. we've been pressing carney on this all week long, but he says that the president gets his news through the traditional means. he reads about it in the newspaper. so as far as we know, president obama did not watch his speech, but he is tuned in to what he had the say. >> nbc's kristen welker, thank you so much. and we'll be right back to clear the air. [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodg
romney's speech yesterday? >> reporter: well, according to jay carney, he didn't watch any of mitt romney's speech and apparently, hasn't watched a whole lot of the rnc. we've been pressing carney on this all week long, but he says that the president gets his news through the traditional means. he reads about it in the newspaper. so as far as we know, president obama did not watch his speech, but he is tuned in to what he had the say. >> nbc's kristen welker, thank you so much. and...
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the romney campaign had a conference called prebuttal to joe biden's speech. take a liberty. >> the vice president seems to focus on a fantasy narrative, if you will. about the obama administration's record in improving america's relations in the world. >> we need to remind our viewers that he was of course an adviser to fantasy. really? >> i would say that dan senor does know from his fantasies, having been one of the people who pushed the iraq war and continued to argue that we were winning the iraq war for a long time. so if it is a fantasy, i would trust him to say what that is. but of course, the republicans here want to have it both ways. they want to say that obama went on an apology tour but these relationships have deteriorated. are we conciliatory or breaking these relationships apart? >> why do you keep asking specific questions? this is ridiculous. i've told you before, specifics are irrelevant. on a day when biden says romney lives in the past. we just heard him. one of the officials referred to czechoslovakia. a country that no longer exists, by
the romney campaign had a conference called prebuttal to joe biden's speech. take a liberty. >> the vice president seems to focus on a fantasy narrative, if you will. about the obama administration's record in improving america's relations in the world. >> we need to remind our viewers that he was of course an adviser to fantasy. really? >> i would say that dan senor does know from his fantasies, having been one of the people who pushed the iraq war and continued to argue that...
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there will be some familiar themes that we expect to hear from mitt romney in the speech. he'll be speaking about the need to avert defense cuts. that affects tens of thousands of people potentially here in virginia. he'll focus on the need to reinvest in the military and also to strengthen our relationships with allies overseas. as you noted, there's not a great difference in terms of the actual policies as best we've understood them. one point he will make is on syria. his public position is a little more activist. he'll say among other things, in syria, i will work with our partners to identify those members of the opposition who share our values and assure they attain the arms they need to defeat assad's tanks, helicopters and fighter jets. >> hey, peter, you were with him all weekend and we did see a decision by the romney campaign to include in the governor's stump more personal stories. of just ways that he worked with members of for instance of his community in boston. >> yeah, i think that's right. three times in all of the events held in florida. obviously as our
there will be some familiar themes that we expect to hear from mitt romney in the speech. he'll be speaking about the need to avert defense cuts. that affects tens of thousands of people potentially here in virginia. he'll focus on the need to reinvest in the military and also to strengthen our relationships with allies overseas. as you noted, there's not a great difference in terms of the actual policies as best we've understood them. one point he will make is on syria. his public position is...
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in the rewrite, mitt romney's speech at liberty university. it was the worst case of christian superiority publicly exhibited by a politician in our recent history. certainly no major party nominee has given a speech like this in which he refused to acknowledge the existence of non-christian religions. that's coming up in the rewrite and betty white made a decision. the pifrt political endorsement in her life as an actress to president obama. we will tell you why and see if betty white's endorsement can pull any voters president obama's way. - one serving of cheese is the size of four dice. one serving of cereal, a baseball. and one serving of fruit, a tennis ball. - you know, both parties agree. our kids can be healthier... the more you know. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbine
in the rewrite, mitt romney's speech at liberty university. it was the worst case of christian superiority publicly exhibited by a politician in our recent history. certainly no major party nominee has given a speech like this in which he refused to acknowledge the existence of non-christian religions. that's coming up in the rewrite and betty white made a decision. the pifrt political endorsement in her life as an actress to president obama. we will tell you why and see if betty white's...
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in fact, romney's speech got the lowest poll rating since 1996. bob dole got better reviews than romney did. but there's a poll number that really matters to a lot more americans. and this is it. gallup shows democrats are less enthusiastic about voting this november. here comes the red flag. republicans are gaining. 51% are focused on getting barack obama out of the white house. republicans might be feeling a little romney malaise. they might not even like this guy, but, here's the bottom line. the romney campaign could win this election without having to win over voters. let's turn to karen finney tonight. msnbc political analyst and former communications director for the dnc. good to have you with us tonight. 23% down in the audience, what do you make of that? is the country just politically exhausted and tired of the guy who shipped a bunch of guy jobs overseas? >> the snake oil he's selling, they're not interested. their strategy has been fake it until you make it. we saw going into the convention, the support for romney even within the conse
in fact, romney's speech got the lowest poll rating since 1996. bob dole got better reviews than romney did. but there's a poll number that really matters to a lot more americans. and this is it. gallup shows democrats are less enthusiastic about voting this november. here comes the red flag. republicans are gaining. 51% are focused on getting barack obama out of the white house. republicans might be feeling a little romney malaise. they might not even like this guy, but, here's the bottom...
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>> i think it was very important as we saw with ann romney's speech. spouses serve a very validating humanizing function, it's not that people don't know president obama, but they can speak about their spouses in a personal and real way that nobody else can. and i thought michelle obama's speech was terrific last night. and i was not a huge fan of most of ann romney's speech because i thought they both had the same fundamental goal which is to really speak to the women of america. you saw it in the most recent poll, there's a narrowing of the gap the gender gap between barack obama and mitt romney. and i thought ann romney did it in very heavy handed way, women i love you. i thought michelle obama's approach was more subtle and effective. >> let me play another clip from last night's speech. >> and he believes that when you've worked hard and done well, and walk through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you. no, you reach back and you give other folks the same chances that help you succeed. >> the way it was described, both a
>> i think it was very important as we saw with ann romney's speech. spouses serve a very validating humanizing function, it's not that people don't know president obama, but they can speak about their spouses in a personal and real way that nobody else can. and i thought michelle obama's speech was terrific last night. and i was not a huge fan of most of ann romney's speech because i thought they both had the same fundamental goal which is to really speak to the women of america. you saw...
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the much publicized mitt romney speech at ford field. that was the romney event that wound up with an audience of 1200 people, many of thechl members of the media forced to cover the event. there was another much hyped romney event today, so-called prebutt al to president obama's speech where the president will accept the democratic nomination in september at the bank of america stadium that holds 73,000 people. romney planned to stand on the roof of a charlotte office building overlooking that stadium and ex core ate the president today. but once again in romney-land, it didn't go quite as planned. >> this is quite a reception. thank you. i thought we were going to be on the roof. it looks a little wet up there. >> so romney's big speech was to about 150 people in a room with a window looking out on to the stadium, although, as you can see, that window was completely blocked by the massive american flag. the subject of romney's speech was president obama's record on the economy. but mitt romney also used this speech to attack the presid
the much publicized mitt romney speech at ford field. that was the romney event that wound up with an audience of 1200 people, many of thechl members of the media forced to cover the event. there was another much hyped romney event today, so-called prebutt al to president obama's speech where the president will accept the democratic nomination in september at the bank of america stadium that holds 73,000 people. romney planned to stand on the roof of a charlotte office building overlooking that...
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in the rewrite, mitt romney's speech at liberty university. it was the worst case of christian superiority publicly exhibited by a politician in our recent history. certainly no major party nominee has given a speech like this in which he refused to acknowledge the existence of non-christian religions. that's coming up in the rewrite and betty white made a decision. the pifrt political endorsement in her life as an actress to president obama. we will tell you why and see if betty white's endorsement can pull any voters president obama's way. it's very important to understand how math and science kind of makes the world work. in high school, i had a physics teacher by the name of mr. davies. he made physics more than theoretical, he made it real for me. we built a guitar, we did things with electronics and mother boards. that's where the interest in engineering came from. so now, as an engineer, i have a career that speaks to that passion. thank you, mr. davies. >>> it's campaign commencement season on saturday. mitt romney went to liberty univ
in the rewrite, mitt romney's speech at liberty university. it was the worst case of christian superiority publicly exhibited by a politician in our recent history. certainly no major party nominee has given a speech like this in which he refused to acknowledge the existence of non-christian religions. that's coming up in the rewrite and betty white made a decision. the pifrt political endorsement in her life as an actress to president obama. we will tell you why and see if betty white's...
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out of the convention the only two speeches that made me think was ann romney and rice. the rest were really sad. no, it made me realize the democratic party has more to offer to the american people. not really. mitt fix-it-all romney did not supply any specific plans/ideas on how he's going to fix anything. hardly. it reaffirmed my vote for nou more years for barack obama. better the devil that you know than the one you don't. my heavens. keep talking on twitter. >>> americans never paid so much for gas on labor day weekend. but why? >>> plus, a 32-can salute to an icon of american pop art. you're watching "weekends with alex witt "oixt and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pills. triple checking hydraulics. the evening brings more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when... hang on. stan's doctor recommended aleve. it can keep pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is rudy. who switched to aleve. and two pills for a day free of pain. ♪ and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. ♪ [ female announcer ] for
out of the convention the only two speeches that made me think was ann romney and rice. the rest were really sad. no, it made me realize the democratic party has more to offer to the american people. not really. mitt fix-it-all romney did not supply any specific plans/ideas on how he's going to fix anything. hardly. it reaffirmed my vote for nou more years for barack obama. better the devil that you know than the one you don't. my heavens. keep talking on twitter. >>> americans never...
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ann romney's speech was actually prioritized by the romney campaign. they wanted to make sure that she was able to speak during the sort of maximum television coverage because it's so important for them that she come out and try to human it's her husband. i think some of those expectations were put on let's say michelle obama in '08. but for ann romney, she's really got to do several things that are a tremendous burden. she's got to reverse this image that the romneys are sort of aristocratic and entitled, some of which she's contributed herself with her own comments. she's got to fill in a huge blank with her husband, mitt romney, who people by the polls at least don't really seem to know. she'll have to fill in those personal details. i think it is a huge burden to put on her but it's because her husband hasn't done it. >> crystal, how can a 20-minute speech resolve a 20-point gender differential, leave alone the fact that not even one-third of voters appear to like her husband? >> right. it's not just the gender gap that they're expecting her to clo
ann romney's speech was actually prioritized by the romney campaign. they wanted to make sure that she was able to speak during the sort of maximum television coverage because it's so important for them that she come out and try to human it's her husband. i think some of those expectations were put on let's say michelle obama in '08. but for ann romney, she's really got to do several things that are a tremendous burden. she's got to reverse this image that the romneys are sort of aristocratic...
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we defend free speech and promote religious tolerance. the romney campaign is trying to dredge this up in policy. it's beneath governor romney to be doing this particularly when there should at least be a moment of silence acknowledging the loss of our wonderful career diploma diplomats. >> one of the criticisms you just heard from romney is this sends mixed signals, because the white house said they did not approve the statement and were backing off from the statement, and do you think these kinds of statements coming in the midst of the hotly contested political campaign sends mixed signals? >> he is trying to politicize a tragic event and it's for political advantage in the romney campaign. i think people can figure that out. secretary clinton was eloquent. this was a vicious attack, and career diplomats were killed, and the ambassador himself was somebody on the street and committing his life. this is a political moment in a campaign where the romney folks are trying to exploit this for their own advantage. they were unpersuasive in t
we defend free speech and promote religious tolerance. the romney campaign is trying to dredge this up in policy. it's beneath governor romney to be doing this particularly when there should at least be a moment of silence acknowledging the loss of our wonderful career diploma diplomats. >> one of the criticisms you just heard from romney is this sends mixed signals, because the white house said they did not approve the statement and were backing off from the statement, and do you think...
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when's the strategy behind today's speech from mitt romney? is he laying a pillar, a foundation of his campaign that may have been tampered with especially as jen brings up going overseas and kind of offended the relationship with british? >> well, the statement of the president's team is very disturbing i think because it's really beyond the pale. you don't go that far before you hear the speech. people don't want to hear that kind of discussion right now. they want to hear about substantive issues and therein i agree with karen and up to governor romney to deliver that but this is a great time politically for the governor to have this speech. he's had a great debate. the speech when the president, there's an opening to attack the president on foreign policy. he's still hurt on the benghazi issue. there's room for him to grow there so that's also very important. >> joel, let's get in to that as susan brings up about benghazi. a topic americans want the know more about and the language today on libya is strongest yet heard on that topic. the g
when's the strategy behind today's speech from mitt romney? is he laying a pillar, a foundation of his campaign that may have been tampered with especially as jen brings up going overseas and kind of offended the relationship with british? >> well, the statement of the president's team is very disturbing i think because it's really beyond the pale. you don't go that far before you hear the speech. people don't want to hear that kind of discussion right now. they want to hear about...
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phillips'. >>> governor romney's speech last night was long on rhetoric, but short on truth. he just couldn't help himself from telling some of the gop's favorite fictions about the president. >> and let me make this very clear. unlike president obama, i will not raise taxes on the middle class of america. >> he's wrong. since president obama took office, he's actually cut taxes for 160 million middle class americans. then romney trotted out another fake talking point. the president's so-called apology tour. >> i will begin my presidency with a jobs tour. president obama began his presidency with an apology tour. >> "the washington post" gave him four pinocchios for that one. quote, the claim that obama repeatedly has apologized for the united states is not worn out by the facts the apology tour never happened. end of quote. and timely it's not a gop event unless someone brings up medicare. >> his $716 billion cut to medicare to finance obama care will both hurt today's seniors and depress innovation and jobs in medicine. >> never mind that those cuts are coming from insuranc
phillips'. >>> governor romney's speech last night was long on rhetoric, but short on truth. he just couldn't help himself from telling some of the gop's favorite fictions about the president. >> and let me make this very clear. unlike president obama, i will not raise taxes on the middle class of america. >> he's wrong. since president obama took office, he's actually cut taxes for 160 million middle class americans. then romney trotted out another fake talking point. the...
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that is almost double the number of tweets after governor romney's acceptance speech last week. you can join our conversation on twitter, that's my twitter page @tamronhall. hey. hey eddie. i brought your stuff. you don't have to do this. yes i do. i want you to keep this. it'd be weird. take care. you too. [ sighs ] so how did it go? he's upset. [ male announcer ] spend less time at gas stations. with best in class fuel economy. it's our most innovative altima ever. ♪ anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. approved! [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. had kraft mac & cheese without me. so this time, i took precautionary measures. looking for these? [ rattling ] [ male announcer ] kraft macaroni & cheese. you know you love it. >> the ohlde versity question which i think everyone's impressed with what we're seeing on the stage and to a lesser degree what you were saying in the audience but to the credit
that is almost double the number of tweets after governor romney's acceptance speech last week. you can join our conversation on twitter, that's my twitter page @tamronhall. hey. hey eddie. i brought your stuff. you don't have to do this. yes i do. i want you to keep this. it'd be weird. take care. you too. [ sighs ] so how did it go? he's upset. [ male announcer ] spend less time at gas stations. with best in class fuel economy. it's our most innovative altima ever. ♪ anyone have occasional...
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the eight speeches gallup has tested since bob dole's gop acceptance speech in 1996. 16% rated the romney address as poor or terrible. >>> it has been a week since isaac slammed into the gulf coast and still, tens of thousands of people are in the dark. while crews have been working around the clock to restore electricity, utilities report more than 40,000 customers are powerless in louisiana. low-lying areas are still under water and now a triple-digit forecast could make an already difficult clean-up even more miserable, unfortunately. >>> here's your first look at other news going on around america. in california dramatic pictures a fire tornado. in the angeles national forest. wildfires are known to create their own wind conditions. 1,000 campers and visitors were evacuated since the fire broke out on sunday. >>> hurricane isaac has caused more than 5,000 dead rodents to watch up along the gulf coast it could double. the dead swamp rats are an eyesore, and could create a health hazard. local officials are asking the state to help with the clean-up. >>> and finally, california's world
the eight speeches gallup has tested since bob dole's gop acceptance speech in 1996. 16% rated the romney address as poor or terrible. >>> it has been a week since isaac slammed into the gulf coast and still, tens of thousands of people are in the dark. while crews have been working around the clock to restore electricity, utilities report more than 40,000 customers are powerless in louisiana. low-lying areas are still under water and now a triple-digit forecast could make an already...
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and so what you saw last night was a speech that, in terms of chris christie, not ann romney's speech, was a speech that just tried to tear down. was a speech that was full of anger and not full of answers. but at the end of the day, what's happened in american education is that we have the best scores we've ever had. yet it can't be about memorization anymore. it has to be about how we help all kids get to the quality instruction they need so they can be -- have the choices they need for the future. and we're trying to do that at a period of time where 46 out of 50 states have cut spending for education. so you have parents being concerned about what education looks like. you have teachers who have the lowest job satisfaction. and you have basically ten years of no child left behind which was a fixated policy. rather than confront that and say how do we solve this and change this and create hope, they have to tear down the only place where teachers actually have voice, which is within their teacher unions. >> american federation of teachers president rand randi weingarten, good see y
and so what you saw last night was a speech that, in terms of chris christie, not ann romney's speech, was a speech that just tried to tear down. was a speech that was full of anger and not full of answers. but at the end of the day, what's happened in american education is that we have the best scores we've ever had. yet it can't be about memorization anymore. it has to be about how we help all kids get to the quality instruction they need so they can be -- have the choices they need for the...
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i want to start with one area, yesterday's speech, it was a pretty fiery speech by governor romney. but there was one thing he said on afghanistan that caught my eye. he basically endorsed the president's policy on this. but it seems to be a change. let me play for you something that romney said back in february. on the president and timetables. >> he announced a specific date that we will end combat operations in afghanistan. telling the taliban the day that we're going to stop fighting them. you can imagine when you have an enemy telling them the day that we're going to stop fighting. i listen to the president's directions that i think the man is so extraordinarily naive, he doesn't understand that strength and resolve must also be shown amongst terrorists and tarynists. >> with security forces by the end of 2014. >> that's an endorsement of a time line, is it not? >> well i think there's an important distinction. i think the problem that governor romney has with the policy that the obama administration has laid out, they set a calendar date for the sake of having a calendar date
i want to start with one area, yesterday's speech, it was a pretty fiery speech by governor romney. but there was one thing he said on afghanistan that caught my eye. he basically endorsed the president's policy on this. but it seems to be a change. let me play for you something that romney said back in february. on the president and timetables. >> he announced a specific date that we will end combat operations in afghanistan. telling the taliban the day that we're going to stop fighting...
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you wanted mitt romney. marco rubio, great speech. it was about marco rubio. it was about marco rubio and why he's a great guy and what a great country this is because of marco rubio. didn't add a thing to the mix. eastwood, talking about a disaster of huge proportions. if the democrats put a hollywood star on who insulted the republican incumbent president, there would have been a revolution in the country today. so they blew it on the choreography. and governor romney blew what i thought was starting out to be a great a-plus speech. 65% through the speech, he'd connected, he'd done a good job and even in a simplistic way laid out his economic plan. but then he goes into foreign policy. you don't have to tick off every box in a speech. the foreign policy stuff was scary. >> i have to tell you, in the room, it really worked. krystal, what were your -- >> doesn't matter in the room. we're not talking for the people in the room. we're talking for the people watching. >> the folks in the room are delegates and essentially supposed to be representative of the part
you wanted mitt romney. marco rubio, great speech. it was about marco rubio. it was about marco rubio and why he's a great guy and what a great country this is because of marco rubio. didn't add a thing to the mix. eastwood, talking about a disaster of huge proportions. if the democrats put a hollywood star on who insulted the republican incumbent president, there would have been a revolution in the country today. so they blew it on the choreography. and governor romney blew what i thought was...
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all of us have an interest in standing up to these forces. >> governor romney's speech at the clinton global initiative had a narror focu ren ai proposing a new policy for overseas contributions. >> the aim of a much larger share of our aid must be the promotion of work and the fostering of free enterprise. nothing we can do a a nation ceesat more effectively and permanently than sharing the insight that lies at the foundation of america's own economy. and that is that free people pursuing happiness in their own ways, build a stron and vedut a new approach for a new era. >> governor ed rendell, two candidates both playing the role of statesman at the same time in the same city or ratively the same time in theame city. president oba, obviously, had the heavier ftsctuay the president and the commander in chief and the events in the middle east has increased the load in terms of what he must demonstrate to the rest of the world. what did you make of his addre to the u.n. general assembly? did he effectively make the case for americ did he effectively outline aie nat hadick atwoli to alaw
all of us have an interest in standing up to these forces. >> governor romney's speech at the clinton global initiative had a narror focu ren ai proposing a new policy for overseas contributions. >> the aim of a much larger share of our aid must be the promotion of work and the fostering of free enterprise. nothing we can do a a nation ceesat more effectively and permanently than sharing the insight that lies at the foundation of america's own economy. and that is that free people...
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that is a brand new stage being built for mitt romney's speech tonight. this morning the stage is literally being set for mitt romney's arrival tonight. last night as he watched from indiana. >> see that over there? >> reporter: his running mate was the star of this republican show. >> i accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity. >> reporter: paul ryan jumped right into one of the most controversial issues, a big one for florida seniors, his plan to have them buy their own health insurance under medicare. >> medicare is a promise and we will honor it. mitt romney and i know the difference between protecting a program and raiding it. >> reporter: on foreign policy there was sharp criticism of president obama. >> the president has discouraged our friends and embolden our enemies. >> reporter: and a strong endorsement from a former secretary of state. >> our military capability and our technical advantage will be safe in mitt romney's hands. >> reporter: next romney tonight. analysts say the middle class will be list
that is a brand new stage being built for mitt romney's speech tonight. this morning the stage is literally being set for mitt romney's arrival tonight. last night as he watched from indiana. >> see that over there? >> reporter: his running mate was the star of this republican show. >> i accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity. >> reporter: paul ryan jumped right into one of the most controversial issues, a big one for florida...
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mitt romney just gave a speech to a raucous crowd in new hampshire. in none of the places that were voting tonight, but in the place he announced his campaign for president this year. joining us now is steve schmidt. he's now a republican strategist and an msnbc political analyst. steve, always a pleasure to have you here. >> good to see you. >> this speech, it's hard to know on a primary night whether a speech is just another speech particularly when there's no drama at all about what's going to happen in the primaries. you think it was significant. >> it is significant because tonight mitt romney became the presumptive nominee of the republican party. >> didn't he become the nominee six months ago. >> i think we all knew it was going to come. today is the day it happened. he declared it. everybody acknowledges it with the exception of newt gingrich. he's going to be the republican nominee. i think this was by far his best speech he's given. this was an economic speech aimed exactly to the middle of the electorate. it has appeal. it's a message that
mitt romney just gave a speech to a raucous crowd in new hampshire. in none of the places that were voting tonight, but in the place he announced his campaign for president this year. joining us now is steve schmidt. he's now a republican strategist and an msnbc political analyst. steve, always a pleasure to have you here. >> good to see you. >> this speech, it's hard to know on a primary night whether a speech is just another speech particularly when there's no drama at all about...
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would it have been better for romney if the night had ended with ann romney's speech? >>> and then, of course, there's isaac, the hurricane, dumps gushing rain overtopping levees, but not breaking them, as emergency evacuations are ordered in a parish south of new orleans. we're live on the gulf coast this morning. good morning from tampa, florida. site of the republican national convention. it's wednesday, august 29th, 2012. this is "the daily rundown" , i'm chuck todd, another busy hour ahead. tom brokaw, roy blunt, bob mcdonnell from team obama, stephanie cutter and a great round table. michael steele, susan law, steven page. let's get down to the first reads of the morning. tonight, paul ryan will accept the vice presidential nomination in the biggest speech of his political career to date. the big night follows a program last night that was like a peanut butter and egg sandwich. two great tastes that maybe don't taste great together. two prime time speeches accomplished what they set out to do. but in making the soft sell and the hard sell on the same night, did t
would it have been better for romney if the night had ended with ann romney's speech? >>> and then, of course, there's isaac, the hurricane, dumps gushing rain overtopping levees, but not breaking them, as emergency evacuations are ordered in a parish south of new orleans. we're live on the gulf coast this morning. good morning from tampa, florida. site of the republican national convention. it's wednesday, august 29th, 2012. this is "the daily rundown" , i'm chuck todd,...
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just 38% of americans said romney's speech was excellent or good. so if president obama hits all the points he needs to make, will he get a bigger bounce and is that momentum important? >> first of all, i doubt there will be for this simple reason. it is harder to get a bounce today because of the polarization. there is so few people that haven't already made up their mind for president that there's fewer people in play. second of all, conventions have come where they're now weak long infomercials. and i believe voters are a little bit suspicious that in a sense they're being motivated and manipulated even by some of these conventions. so i do believe it's much harder whether romney or obama to get big bounces. >> i'm saying that guess the republicans, democrats are trying to down play expectations that this will move a needle in a race that frankly has not had the needle moved for months. >> more than $550 million or so has been spent on negative ads or just television ads and hasn't moved the needle pretty much. 90% of people saying they're locked
just 38% of americans said romney's speech was excellent or good. so if president obama hits all the points he needs to make, will he get a bigger bounce and is that momentum important? >> first of all, i doubt there will be for this simple reason. it is harder to get a bounce today because of the polarization. there is so few people that haven't already made up their mind for president that there's fewer people in play. second of all, conventions have come where they're now weak long...
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i mean, they -- and i saw ann romney give that look during mitt romney's speech even when her husband was up on the stage, she was thinking, what i would be thinking if my spouse had given five years of his life to this, i would say to myself, what member of the staff kept mitt's story and that film and the parts that had us all crying in the box out of the 10:00 hour, and instead, made this about clint eastwood. >> she should be a poker player. just so you know. >> she is angry and she should have been angry. >> and the networks have carried every one of these candidate videos going back to the '84 conventions and i know our network did and one other network and i assume the third broadcast network did, but proactively went to the right, hey, you put the video and by the way, we will carry the whole thing. i mean, that is just what we do. so, it wasn't as if they weren't sure whether we would. >> somebody screwed it up. >> his own campaign undermined him, because they felt they needed clint eastwood. seriously? when they had those beautiful stories? by the way they just showed humani
i mean, they -- and i saw ann romney give that look during mitt romney's speech even when her husband was up on the stage, she was thinking, what i would be thinking if my spouse had given five years of his life to this, i would say to myself, what member of the staff kept mitt's story and that film and the parts that had us all crying in the box out of the 10:00 hour, and instead, made this about clint eastwood. >> she should be a poker player. just so you know. >> she is angry and...